| Mark Lowe | |
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| Texas Rangers – No. 57 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: June 7, 1983 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 7, 2006 for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Career statistics (through June 2, 2011) |
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| Win–loss record | 7–17 |
| Earned run average | 4.03 |
| Strikeouts | 198 |
| Teams | |
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Mark Christopher Lowe (born June 7, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. He made his Major League debut for the Seattle Mariners on July 7, 2006 in relief against the Detroit Tigers, loading the bases before striking out the side. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. His fastball has been clocked as high as 101 mph. He also throws a slider and a circle changeup.
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Mark Lowe attended the University of Texas-Arlington.
He began the season at the Class A Inland Empire 66ers and progressed all the way to the Major Leagues, where he set a club record when he opened his career by throwing 17-2/3 scoreless innings. Lowe was placed on the disabled list on August 20 with right elbow tendinitis and was later transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Lowe underwent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow after the season.[1]
Lowe was placed on 60-Day disabled list on April 1 and began a rehabilitation assignment on July 3 with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. He also made rehab appearances for the Short Season Everett AquaSox and the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx before being activated on July 24, He was 0-0, with a 6.75 ERA in four relief appearances, during his seven rehab appearances in West Tennessee, Everett and Tacoma. He was optioned to Tacoma on August 9 to make room on the roster for John Parrish. He was recalled from Tacoma and placed on 15-day DL on August 28. He was rated by Baseball America as the Mariners number 8 prospect heading into the 2008 season.
In 2008 Lowe set career-highs in games (57), innings (63.2), and strikeouts (55). Among Mariners relievers, he ranked second in games, third in innings and third in strikeouts. He was 0-2, with a 3.60 ERA at home, the 6th-lowest home ERA by a reliever in the American League. He began the season by making 12 scoreless relief appearances in his first 13 games. Lowe recorded a 0.55 ERA by allowing just one run in 16.1 innings from March 31 to June 13. He tossed at least 2 innings in 12 of his 57 appearances.
He recorded his first Major League save April 11 against the Los Angeles Angels.[2] Lowe was optioned to Tacoma on August 25, but did not make an appearance. He was recalled on September 2.
He was placed on the 15-day DL on May 3, 2010 with lower back disk inflammation. On July 9, 2010, Lowe was traded to the Texas Rangers with Cliff Lee for Justin Smoak and prospects Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke and Matt Lawson. He made his debut for the Rangers on September 29, 2010 against Seattle, coming back from injury to throw a scoreless inning against his former team.[3]
Lowe was diagnosed with diabetes in 2008. Although initially he was diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic, his diagnosis was changed to Type 1 before the 2009 season.[4]
Mark was just married to his fiancé Stephanie Morgan.